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Using a mix of narrative, photographs, emails and pictures of
cherished objects, Dering, one of 10 siblings, documents her
family’s struggles to care for her younger brother Paul, who
suffered from schizophrenia (until his death at the age of 48 from
lung cancer) during the deinstitutionalization of New York
State’s hospital system. (Bridgecross, 2014)

Victor probes the boundaries of history resulting from its
repeated suppression of women’s speech—physically as
well as metaphorically. Inspired by archaic, often gruesome,
practices (like attempting to silence accused 17th-century witches
for eternity by filling their dead mouths with gravel),
Victor’s poems unflinchingly confront society’s
“fear of speaking women.” (Les Figues Press, 2014)

“Unfinished Stories” follows the lives and careers
of Hansel Mieth (1909-1998) and Marion Palfi (1907-1978). Mieth was
the second female staff photographer at Life magazine, while
Palfi’s work landed the cover of the first issue of Ebony
magazine. Zandy, an award-winning author who documents American
working-class culture, offers a fascinating look at these two
German-born émigrées who had “remarkably
similar photo narratives of unseen America.” (RIT Press,
2013)